In the Name of History /

In this book Joan Wallach Scott discusses the role history has played as an arbiter of right and wrong and of those who claim to act in its name-"in the name of history." Scott investigates three different instances in which repudiation of the past was conceived as a way to a better future...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, Joan Wallach (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2022]
Colección:The Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures Series
Temas:
Great powers > History.
History > Philosophy.
International relations.
Strategy.
World politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
20th century, Nuremberg, Political philosophy, Slavery, South Africa, World War II.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction The "Historical Operation"
  • Chapter 1. The Nuremberg Tribunal, 1946
  • Chapter 2. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996)
  • Chapter 3. The Movement for Reparations for Slaver y in the United States
  • Epilogue. The "Lessons of History"
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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